Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Sure was great to be with family over the Holidays and celebrate our first Christmas with Elena. You are now the big attraction when we get together.Will look forward to you being a little more active!!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

I was talking with my daughter Melissa the other day, and she shared that she was reading The Holiness of God by RC Sproul. I thought it would be fun to read along with her. In Chapter one, Sproul says ... "God's Kingdom will never come where His name is not considered holy. His will is not done on earth as it is in Heaven if His name is desecrated here... it is foolish to look for the kingdom anywhere where God is not revered." p 16. As I read those words the thought jumped out to me. "The church plant in Northern Madrid (the presence of His Kingdom here on earth) will not take place until those outside the kingdom in Madrid see the Holiness and awe of God". That is what I need to be praying for. What a blessing it is that we have the Bible that reveals God as he really is. Do you believe it is sufficient to reveal the true Holiness of God that the prophet Isaiah saw in Isaiah 6? I do, and God's Word alone has the power to do so. Will you pray for Madrid?

In chapter two of the book, Sproul writes about a repeated pattern in history. "God appears, people quake in terror, God forgives and heals, God sends. From brokenness to mission is the human pattern." p 40. I also liked Sproul's illustration of Humpty-Dumpty. God can and does put broken people back together again and send them on a mission.

Missionary with TEAM

We have been missionaries with The Evangelical Alliance Mission since 1988. We served in Venezuela for 20 years. We had the privilege of working with ASIGEO to start Camp Chuparipal a youth camp and lay training center. In Carupano, we partnered with the Buen Pastor church to start Rios de Agua Viva, Canchunchu Community Church, and the Grand Pobre Mission. In 2000 we moved to Lecheria and were part of the Iglesia Biblica Metropolitana church plant. In 2009, we left Venezuela to begin a new church plant in Madrid, Spain.